the senate banking committee is approving two of president obama's appointments. this week the committee voted unanimously to approve mary jo white as head of the sec. she is expected to be approved by the full senate later this week. meanwhile, the committee voted 12-to-10 on the nomination of consumer financial protection bureau head richard cordray. republicans may vote in order to block the nomination. some lawmakers have aruged they want more than one head to the bureau. the eyes of the sec and department of justice are on microsoft. according to the wall street journal, the probe involves microsoft's relationship with firms accused of bribing foreign officials in china, italy and romania. microsoft is not accused of any wrong doing. however, the sec is charging investment manager craig berkman with promising investors he had special access to pre-ipo stock in facebook, linkedin, zynga and groupon. berkman is accused of using their money to pay off earlier investors, similar to a ponzi scheme. ryan air ceo michael o'leary gives a colorful description of boein